Lou Gehrig received the highest amount of votes to be elected to the Hall of Fame with the vote being unanimous.
In 1936 when Ty Cobb received 222 votes (98.2%), Babe Ruth received 215 votes (95.1%), Honus Wagner received 215 (95.1%), Christy Mathewson received 205 votes (90.7%) and Walter Johnson received 189 votes (83.6%) were all elected to the Hall of Fame.
In 1936 when Ty Cobb received 222 votes (98.2%), Babe Ruth received 215 votes (95.1%), Honus Wagner received 215 (95.1%), Christy Mathewson received 205 votes (90.7%) and Walter Johnson received 189 votes (83.6%) were all elected to the Hall of Fame.
In 1936 when Ty Cobb received 222 votes (98.2%), Babe Ruth received 215 votes (95.1%), Honus Wagner received 215 (95.1%), Christy Mathewson received 205 votes (90.7%) and Walter Johnson received 189 votes (83.6%) were all elected to the Hall of Fame.
If you mean the Baseball Hall of Fame, all players elected to the H of F that year, were elected by the Veterans Committe, and only one Black player was elected by the Special Committee on Negro Leagues, Satchel Paige. Regular election to the H of F were elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America, and no modern day player received enough votes to be elected that year.
When Abraham Lincoln was first elected President of the US, on November 6, 1860, he received 180 of the 303, possible electoral votes.
No. To be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, at least 75 percent of the voters must vote for the player. Maris' highest percentage came in 1987 when he got 43.1% of the vote.
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Jackie Robinson was elected in 1962
Generally, elected officials are not eligible for unemployment.
Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 at the age of 43.
Tom Seaver, who won 311 games during his career with the New York Mets, the Cincinnati Reds, the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox, was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1992 with 98.84 percent of the vote.